Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/08/08

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Subject: [Leica] 35mm 'plus' neg scanner
From: lug at paulhardycarter.com (PHC)
Date: Sat, 8 Aug 2009 18:54:45 +0200
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Thanks Douglas,

The scanner is for repro work, so good resolution and optical quality  
are vital. I've never used a flatbed for this kind of thing, but I'm  
assuming they wouldn't cut the mustard?

Cheers, Paul

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On 8 Aug 2009, at 15:14, Douglas Sharp wrote:

> Hi Paul,
>
> if extremely high-resolution is not an issue, the Canon flatbeds are  
> very good. I've had a Canoscan 9900F for years and often use it for  
> quick scans of 24 slides or negs at a time. The carrier for film  
> strips  doesn't cater for full width, but you could cut your own  
> template for scanning the film from edge to edge from black card.  
> The quality of the scanner is very good, and is apparently even  
> better for the newer models. Costs a lot less than an MF scanner and  
> is invaluable in the office too - I get superb results when I have  
> to OCR documents for translation.
>
> Cheers
> Douglas



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